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Title: Design Scheme of New Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spin-Transfer Torque Applications and its Experimental Realization

Abstract

Band Jahn–Teller type structural instabilities of cubic Mn2YZ Heusler compounds causing tetragonal distortions can be predicted by ab initio band-structure calculations. This allows for identification of new Heusler materials with tunable magnetic and structural properties that can satisfy the demands for spintronic applications, such as in spin-transfer torque-based devices.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [4];  [1];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [2]
  1. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz (Germany). Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
  2. Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
  3. Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry. Center for Materials for Information Technology
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
  5. Technische Universität, Darmstadt (Germany). Institut für Festkörperphysik
  6. Hebei Univ. of Technology, Tianjing (China). School of Materials Sciences and Engineering
  7. IBM Research Division, San Jose, CA (United States). Almaden Research Center
  8. IBM Research Division, San Jose, CA (United States). Almaden Research Center
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); German Research Foundation (DFG); Humboldt Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1623461
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 47; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Materials Science; Physics

Citation Formats

Winterlik, Jürgen, Chadov, Stanislav, Gupta, Arunava, Alijani, Vajiheh, Gasi, Teuta, Filsinger, Kai, Balke, Benjamin, Fecher, Gerhard H., Jenkins, Catherine A., Casper, Frederick, Kübler, Jürgen, Liu, Guo-Dong, Gao, Li, Parkin, Stuart S. P., and Felser, Claudia. Design Scheme of New Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spin-Transfer Torque Applications and its Experimental Realization. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201201879.
Winterlik, Jürgen, Chadov, Stanislav, Gupta, Arunava, Alijani, Vajiheh, Gasi, Teuta, Filsinger, Kai, Balke, Benjamin, Fecher, Gerhard H., Jenkins, Catherine A., Casper, Frederick, Kübler, Jürgen, Liu, Guo-Dong, Gao, Li, Parkin, Stuart S. P., & Felser, Claudia. Design Scheme of New Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spin-Transfer Torque Applications and its Experimental Realization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201201879
Winterlik, Jürgen, Chadov, Stanislav, Gupta, Arunava, Alijani, Vajiheh, Gasi, Teuta, Filsinger, Kai, Balke, Benjamin, Fecher, Gerhard H., Jenkins, Catherine A., Casper, Frederick, Kübler, Jürgen, Liu, Guo-Dong, Gao, Li, Parkin, Stuart S. P., and Felser, Claudia. Tue . "Design Scheme of New Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spin-Transfer Torque Applications and its Experimental Realization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201201879. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1623461.
@article{osti_1623461,
title = {Design Scheme of New Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spin-Transfer Torque Applications and its Experimental Realization},
author = {Winterlik, Jürgen and Chadov, Stanislav and Gupta, Arunava and Alijani, Vajiheh and Gasi, Teuta and Filsinger, Kai and Balke, Benjamin and Fecher, Gerhard H. and Jenkins, Catherine A. and Casper, Frederick and Kübler, Jürgen and Liu, Guo-Dong and Gao, Li and Parkin, Stuart S. P. and Felser, Claudia},
abstractNote = {Band Jahn–Teller type structural instabilities of cubic Mn2YZ Heusler compounds causing tetragonal distortions can be predicted by ab initio band-structure calculations. This allows for identification of new Heusler materials with tunable magnetic and structural properties that can satisfy the demands for spintronic applications, such as in spin-transfer torque-based devices.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201201879},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 47,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}

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